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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1955)
Merritt Claims Are Unfounded WASHINGTON — Claims that the Merritt dam of the Ainsworth irrigation unit will not hold wa ter are “utterly fantastic.” Ximon Karabatsos, Washington repre sentative of the Niobrara River Basin Development association said this week. “This fantastic claim shows that the opposition to the project is finding very few, if any, legiti mate reasons in opposing the unit,” Karabatsos said. “Every claim by the opposition comes from curbstones opinions and none that I have heard are based on fact or supported by qualified expert opinion.” he said, Karabatsos, who is also con sultant to the National Reclama tion association, said he knew of no legitimate reason against the project “Every engineer who has studied the plans believeves the dam will hold water. The bureau of reclamation built a scale model and operated it under the same conditions expected when the dam is constructed.” he said. The former assistant to Rep., A- L. Miller (R.-Neb.) re ported that official reports of the bureau of reclamation showed little seepage and not enough to disturb the water balance of the surrounding area. “Truth of the matter,” Kara batsos said, “is the surface level of the surrounding land is higher than the water level will be when the dam is built.' “Since water seeks its own level, how could it possibly dis turb the water balance above the level of the dam?” he asked. Legislation to authorize the Ainsworth unit has been pre pared and is ready for introduc tion in the congress. Miss Betty and Helen Thomas took their sister, Vonda, to Lin coln April 2, where she entered business college. Slim, Trim * s> . Lee Riders o 3t ■ ■ ■ MCDONALD’S 'Lee Riders are the right jeans for wear anywhere. Sanforized to stay your size. <•>. 3 o DRIVE A DE SOTO BEFORE YOU DECIDE SHIERK MOTOR COMPANY Phone 430__ ,, _212 South Fourth, O’Neill 0-0 » c O <■ Ionian News Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hackett and family of Chamberlain, S.D., spent the weekend visiting Mrs. Hackett’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Morsbach. They returned to Chamberlain Sunday accompan ied by Mrs. Morsbach who will spend a few weeks there. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morsbach of Clearwater spent Sunday visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Morsbach and Mr. and Mrs. David Morsbach and girls. Larry Sawyer, who teaches near Stuart, spent the weekend visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wolfe and family of Amelia and Mrs. Wal ter Jacox of Carbondale, Colo., spent Sunday evening in Inman visiting friends. An Easter program was pre sented at the RLDS church Sun day evening to a capacity crowd. Harlan Morsbach left Satur day for Hot Springs, S.D., where he will spend a few days visiting friends. A number from Inman attend ed the close out sale of the Roc key Implement store in Ewing Saturday. Mrs. Mabel Wrede of O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs. John Hipke of Springview were Saturday even ing callers in the Vem Wrede home. Miss Mary Ann Winchell of O’Neill was a Saturday visitor in the E. E. Clark home. Mr. and Mrs. John Claus and son, John jr., of Humphery were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson and family on Sunday, April 3. Harlan Moore, a student at Nebraska university, came home Wednesday, April 6, and spent the Easter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore. Mr. Moore, who spent the past 10 days in Lincoln in the Donald Moore home, returned home with Har lan. Mr. ana mxs. uno tteixe, wno have spent the past three months in California and Washington visiting their cchildren, returned home Wednesday, April 6. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson drove to Grand Island on Wednesday, April 6, where they met their daughter, Miss Carolyn, and also a classmate of Carolyn’s, Miss Judy Cook of Elmwood, who re turned with the Watsons and j spent the Easter vacation here.! Carolyn and Judy had just com pleted a 10-day tour with the Wesleyan girls’ glee club. Miss Carolyn is the pianist and also the piano soloist for the glee club and Judy is one of the glee club per sonnel. Miss Yvonne Smith of Norfolk ;ame Wednesday, April 6, and spent Easter vacation in the K. F. Smith home. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Clark of Burwell were calling on relatives and friends here on Thursday. Douglas Jackson of Chadron spent the Blaster holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gal Lagher and family drove to Co lome, S.D., on Sunday and spent Easter with their aunt and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones. They also called on their grandmother, Mrs. C. Ziniblewau in Gregory, S.D. Elroy Nelson of Oakland and a student at Nebraska Wesleyan university, spent Saturday here visiting Miss Carolyn Watson in the Ira Watson home. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Moore of O’Neill were Blaster dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pred Moore. In the afternoon Le Roy left for Omaha to spend the week at the school for the North western Bell Telephone company employees. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson, Sam and Carolyn, and Miss Judy Cook, nouse guest in the Watson home, drove to Valentine on Sunday where they spent Blaster with their son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Slusher and sons. Clifford Sawyer, who is em ployed at Hay Springs, spent the Easter weekend with Mrs. Saw yer and boys. Mr. and Mrs. Max Mossman and daughters of Ainsworth spent the Easter weekend in the Ernest Brunckhorst and Leo Mossman homes. Miss LuElla Watson of Atkin son spent the Blaster weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L Watson. c - - - O Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Halva en tertained his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva, at din ner at their home on Blaster Sun day. , . . Omaha Cardinals Make Record Ticket Sale What is believed to be the largest single sale of tickets in baseball history was made by the Omaha Cardinals to C. A. Swan son & Sons of Omaha, last week. Bill Bergesch, Cardinal gen eral manager, center above, signed the contract for 5,000 grandstand admissions with Frank Reiter, left, and Gilbert Swanson, right. "This is a real boost for AAA baseball,” Bergescb said. "The Cardinals will hare a real cham pionship team on the field this year. We can do it with this kind of support.” Mr. Swanson announced that the tickets will be distributed to Nebraska and .7"tern Iowa gro cers handling Swanson Marga rine. The Omaha Cardinals open the home season April 21. Polio Victim Home for Easter Visit INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brunckhorst and daughter, Faye, drove to Sioux Falls, S.D., on Thursday. Their daughter, Miss Barbara, who has been a polio pa tient in the Sioux Valley hospital there since last September was able to return home with them and spend the Easter holidays. She returned to Sioux Falls on Tuesday, April 12. Barbara is “slowly gaining”. Tune in “Voice of The Fron tier”, thrice weekly! 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The four citizens had brought the action against the state engi neer, treasurer, auditor and two construction companies, w h o were awarded contracts for the work. Term-End School Calendar Posted Miss Alice L. French, Holt county superintendent of public instruction, this week announced the term-end schedule of activi ties to be directed by her office: Saturday, April 16: County spelling contest, 1 p.m., O’Neill public school. Wednesday, April 20: Harmony band practice, 10 a.m. Monday, April 25: Art exhibit for rural schools, O’Neill public school auditorium, afternoon ses sion. Friday, April 29: Eighth grade examinations, Chambers, O’Neill and Atkinson. Wednesday, May 11: Eighth grade promotion exercises, 2 p.m., O’Neill public school auditorium. April Fool Pranks Are Told— CHAMBERS—Beautiful Valley Garden club met at the home of Cora Thomson Thursday, April 7. Sixteen members and two vis itors were present. Roll call was answered by telling of an April fool prank. Hattie Tibbets gave a talk on culture of asters. Cora Thomson showed several kinds of bird feeders and presented a talk on different birds. Bernice Platt lead several pen cil games on flowers and birds. She also showed slide pictures of table arrangements taken at a meeting held at LaVern Harley’s. Door prize was won by Flor ence Reese. At the close of the meeting, the hostess, Mrs. George Thomson, and the cohostess, Mrs. LaVern Harley, served refresh ments. The next meeting will be May 3 at the home of Bernice Platt, with a plant exchange for the “mystery sisters.” To Sioux Falls— Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stanton and their daughter, Mrs. Rex Stowell, and son visited from Friday until Sunday at the homes of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stanton, in Sioux Falls, S.D. 32 Pupils Ride Train to Bassett Teachers Arrange for Trip, Picnic CELIA — Good Friday was a holiday for the pupils of the rural schools of the community. Dolores Boyle, teacher of Celia school, Marilyn Smith, teacher of the McKathnie school, and Isla Ruda, teacher of the Lauridsen school, took their pupils—32 of them—to Atkinson where they boarded the Chicago & North Western passenger train for Bas sett. It was the first train ride for many of the youngsters. The teachers and Mrs. Lawrence Smith accompanied the children. Cars to take the children to Atkinson were furnished by Hans and Jim Lauridsen, Lawrence Smith, Victor Frickel, Aaron Lange and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld. The drivers took the cars on to Bassett where they met the school group and took them to Long Pine where they visited the Long Pine bottling plant and the round house. Returning to Atkinson they had dinner in the park and the children played ball until 3 o’ clock when they visited the hatchery and the creamery build ing before returning to their vari ous homes. Other Celia News Mr. and Mrs. Byrl Beck and family, Mrs. Amelia Hoffman and son, Ed, Mrs. Inez Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beck and Alex Frickel were Easter dinner guests at the LeRoy Hoffman home. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and family were Friday evening supper guests at the Merrill Smith home. The children en joyed an Easter egg hunt in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burton, Linda and Ronnie of Lincoin spent Easter with his aunt, Mrs. Carol Raymer, and Mr. Raymer. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and sons, Bobby and George, of Wa hoo came last Thursday to visit his sister, Mrs. Charles Dobias, and family; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott; sisters, Mrs. Gene Livinston, and Mr. Living ston, and Dorothy Scott. On Fri day evening all enjoyed a wiener roast at the Dobias home. All were Easter guests at the D. 1 Scott home in Atkinson. A broth er, Delbert Scott, and family of Butte was also present. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott left Monday for Wahoo. Mrs. D. F. Scott and daughter, Mrs. Gene Livingston, took the Scotts’ grandsons, Roger and Rodney Dobias and Bobby Scott, to O’Neill Saturday to see the Walt Disney picture, “Living Desert.” Charles Dobias, Bill Maloun and Billy and Duane Beck help ed Emil Colfack with cattle Fri day and were dinner guests at the Colfack home. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and family were Friday evening visitors at the Frank Kilmurry home. Mrs. Marvin Focken helped pa per at the Gottlieb Braun home Wednesday, April 6. Mr. and Mrs. John Ross and son were Easter supper guests al the Marvin Focken home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease and son, Bob, were Easter dinner guests at the William Spann home. In the afternoon the Pease family took the Spanns to the Pease home to watch television. Mr and Mrs. William Maloun and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer berg were Saturday Neligh vis itors. Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Frickel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Angus and children and Mr. and Mrs. George Syfie, sr., were Easter dinner guests at the George Syfie, jr., home. Blaster dinner guests at the Jesse Hupp home were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. David Rahn and family and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Orr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fundus and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mitchell were Friday afternoon visitors at the Clarence Focken home. Mark Hendricks and Leon helped Joe Hendricks work with cattle Friday. Alex Frickel, Mrs. LeRoy Hoff man and Gary were Norfolk vis itors Wednesday, April 6. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith were Butte visitors Wednesday, April 6. Arlin Hendricks attended an Blaster party Friday evening in the basement of the Wesleyan Methodist church in Atkinson. Forty-two children from the be ginner and first grade classes were present. Teachers are Mrs. Leonard Chaffin, Mrs. Bob Cearns and Mrs. Gus Suhr Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Focken were last Thursday morning visitors at the Mark Hendricks home. Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun and son and Alex Forsythe were Easter dinner guests at the O. A. Hammerberg home. Annie Ernst of Miltonvale, Kans., spent Easter vacation vis iting her sister, Millie Ernst, and other relatives around O’Neill. Both young ladies were weekend visitors at the Mark Hendricks home. Mrs. Omer Poynts and “Grand pa” Blow were Wednesday, Ap ril 6, dinner and afternoon guests at the Mark Hendricks home. P. W. Kilmurry was a last Thursday dinner guest at the Frank Kilmurry home. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Scott and family of Butte were Sunday af ternoon visitors at the Dorothy Scott home. Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer berg were O’Neill visitors last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel and Caroline were Wednesday evening visitors at the LeRoy Hoffman home. Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman accom panied other choir members of Atkinson Immanuel Lutheran church to O’Neill Friday where they sang for the union Good Friday services which were held in the Royal theater at 12:30. Henry Marlin, Charles Phipps, Millie and Annie Ernst were Easter dinner guests at the Mark Hendricks home. Mrs. Omer Poynts spent the afternoon with them and other guests were Vera Ernst and Craig Connell. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Phipps and son, Charles, also Josie Ad ams were Tuesday evening, Ap ril 5, visitors at the Mark Hend ricks school. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chaffin were Monday, April 4, dinner guests at the Mark Hendricks home. Isla Ruda had an Easter party for the pupils of her school. Mar ilyn Smith and pupils were guests. The children colored eggs. She served cake and ice cream Mr. and Mrs. William Obermire and family were Sunday after noon visitors at the Hans Laurid son home. Isla Ruda accompanied Mari lyn Smith to Butte last Thursday evening where they attended a band concert. Marilyn Smith was an overnight guest at the Hans Lauridsen home where Miss Ruda boards and teaches their school. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks and family and Millie and Annie Ernst took part in the sunrise service which was held Easter at 6 a.m. in the high school audi torium in Atkinson. They were breakfast guests at the Leonard Chaffin home. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and family were Easter dinner and supper guests at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Col fsck, in Atkinson. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Colfack and family and Mr. and Mrs. Har old Colfack and family of O’ Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Braun and family were Monday evening, April 4, visitors at the Marvin Focken home. Roger and Gary Hoffman at tended a birthday anniversary party for 7-year-old Larry Krug man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Krugman of Atkinson, last Thurs day from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Twelve children were present. They played games. A lunch was serv ed. He received many gifts. Dorothy Scott was a Sunday supper guest at the William Ma loun home. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck were Sunday afternoon vis itors at the Malouns’. Justice Court Pete J. Steele, driver for Ger ald T. Jordan, overweight, $50 and costs, April 9, Harold A. Cramer. Jessie Caskey, driver for Sabre Freight Lines, Inc, overweight, pending, April 7, Donald F. Rich ardson. Charles Boon, no reciprocity, $25 and costs, April 7, Kenneth Kirk. Attend Wedding— Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva re turned from Omaha Friday even ing where they had attended the wedding of their daughter. Miss Lydia, and Capt. Lloyd F. Haug of Ft. 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